News Ltd hacked murdered girl's 'phone.

[JAS]

rupert comes from adelaide, does anyone know what team (if any) he barracked for in his early days

Really?...I thought he was from Melbourne

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JAS

[CENTURION]

rupert comes from adelaide, does anyone know what team (if any) he barracked for in his early days

Really?...I thought he was from Melbourne

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JAS

nup. typical Norwood supporter.

[bayman]

rupert comes from adelaide, does anyone know what team (if any) he barracked for in his early days

Really?...I thought he was from Melbourne

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JAS

definately from adelaide (we used to have ''the news'' newspaper) in the afternoons & when news ltd had stock shares meeting they held it in adelaide for many years

[GWW]

From wikipedia it appears he grew up in Melbourne but spent some time in Adelaide working at the Advertiser

Keith Rupert Murdoch was born in Melbourne, the only son of Sir Keith Murdoch and Elisabeth Joy (née Greene). At the time, his father was a wealthy regional newspaper magnate based in Melbourne. Murdoch was groomed by his father from an early age to take over the family business, and attended the elite Geelong Grammar School. He later read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Worcester College, Oxford University in the United Kingdom, where he supported the Labour Party.

When Murdoch was 21, his father died, prompting his return from Oxford to take charge of the family business

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch

[JAS]

rupert comes from adelaide, does anyone know what team (if any) he barracked for in his early days

Really?...I thought he was from Melbourne

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JAS

nup. typical Norwood supporter.

Up yours Doggie

http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/men/busines ... rdoch.html

Though Rupert Murdoch often gets credit for building his media empire from the ground up, he didn’t exactly grow up with holes in his shoes. Keith Rupert Murdoch was born in Melbourne, Australia, where his father Keith was a local newspaper baron. The family’s wealth allowed Murdoch to attend prestigious schools like the elite Geelong Grammar School and Oxford University’s Worcester College, where he studied philosophy, politics and economics. After his years as a student, Murdoch’s father guided his son’s early career, which included a brief stint at the UK’s Daily Express. But when Murdoch was 22, his father died, and he returned to Melbourne to take the reins of his father’s crumbling newspaper the Adelaide News. Murdoch used his business savvy to quickly turn the paper around and would use it as the jumping off point for his global media empire.

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JAS

[bayman]

things you learn & for 40 years i believed he grew up in adelaide

[heater31]

News Corporation had its company headquarters in Adelaide until 2004.

[CENTURION]

Where does it say he didn't barrack for Norwood?

[JAS]

Might be about to see some other news organizations start to twitch...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14222771

...Meanwhile, the investigation into alleged misconduct by newspapers may be spreading beyond News International.

Police have asked for files of an earlier inquiry into the use of private investigators, the BBC has learned.

According to BBC Radio 4's The Report, the files from Operation Motorman, which was run by the Information Commissioners Office in 2003, were requested three months ago.

They contain 4,000 requests from 300 journalists and 31 publications for confidential information from a private investigator, which in many cases had been obtained illegally...

...and Lord Leveson's inquiry remit has been widened...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14218911

The prime minister has broadened the terms of references of Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into phone hacking....

...David Cameron said its remit would be widened to include broadcasters and social media networks.

Lord Justice Leveson said the public inquiry could start hearings in weeks.

Mr Cameron said the inquiry would examine media practices and relations between the press, politicians and police and would have the power to call witnesses to give evidence under oath....

On a side note...for 'real crime' fans who might find the name Leveson sounds familiar...he was the prosecutor in the Fred & Rosemary West murders trial.

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JAS

[redandblack]

News Ltd here are outraged at any suggestion of any media enquiry here.

They wouldn't dream of doing anything wrong here.

[JAS]

I guess the lifeboats are full...looks like it's entering the 'every man for himself' phase...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14242763

Evidence on phone hacking given to MPs by News International chairman James Murdoch has been called into question by two former executives at the firm.

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JAS

[JAS]

If this new allegation proves correct then they've managed to sink even lower...

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/sara-payne-may ... 28931.html

The mother of murder victim Sarah Payne has been told by Scotland Yard her phone may have been targeted by an investigator working for the News Of The World.

Sara Payne's friend Shy Keenan says she was told by detectives that her contact details are on a list compiled by a private investigator used by the News Of The World.

Ms Payne was said to be "devastated" when she was informed of the development.

Police have been examining evidence gathered from Glenn Mulcaire who was jailed in 2007 for phone hacking.

Sarah was murdered by paedophile Roy Whiting in 2000.

Following her death, the News Of The World led a campaign which resulted in Sarah's Law, in which parents can ask police if a person who has regular and unsupervised access to their child has a record for child sex offences.

The campaign was spearheaded by the newspaper's then editor, Rebekah Brooks.

Sara Payne wrote a column in the final edition of the News Of The World describing the now-defunct paper as "an old friend."

The chairman of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Committee who questioned Mrs Brooks alongside Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch about the hacking scandal said: "If this is true...it is horrifying but perhaps unsurprising given who else appears to have been targeted."

Therese Coffey who is also a member of the DCMS committee told Sky News the revelation opens "a dark new chapter."

To be 'fair and balanced'...the BBC report on it...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14332689

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JAS

[Gozu]

SBS are showing a doco about this on Sunday night at 9:30pm called 'Murdoch: Breaking The Spell?"

[JAS]

Today's developements...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14336691

...also looks like Mulclaire (the private investigator) is getting twitchy...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14346083

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JAS

[JAS]

Ahhhhhhhh...the story that just keeps on giving...another day, another investigation team...allegations of computer hacking now...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14351004

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JAS

[JAS]

Another arrest...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14375688

The man, who is thought to be former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner, was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and corruption.

...and the hacking of The Sun website might have resulted in personal details of users being stolen...really not their lucky year so far...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14371738

Thousands of people who entered competitions on The Sun website have been warned that their personal information may have been stolen.

The paper's publisher, News Group, said the data was taken when the site was hacked on 19 July.

Some of the details, including applications for the Miss Scotland contest, have been posted online.

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JAS

[JAS]

Looking like it's possible that the Murdochs might have some others to keep them company when the inquiries get going...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14413656

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JAS

[RustyCage]

This just keeps getting bigger and bigger!

[JAS]

After a little summer break for the riots and Gaddafi the Evil Empire takes centre stage again.

This week's choice titbits...

James turns down his $6m bonus...what a gent...leans times ahead for him with only a 74% payrise...but he can always tap daddy for a loan cos Rupert didn't turn it down...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14770818

We learnt who one of the godfathers of Rupert's kiddiwinks is...my, my Tony you kept that quiet...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14785501

It looks like James might have a couple more questions to answer after today...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14797365

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JAS

[JAS]

Amazed it took him until now to try and buy redemption...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/se ... settlement

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JAS